Valentine Chocolate Breakfast from GUEST CHEF - The Green Thread

February 12th, 2008 by Tink Boord-Dill

Leslie and I met at TNNA last month. She attended my internet classes AND did me a BIIIG favor when I needed someone to run down to the Convention Floor, find my booth, open and search boxes and bring back some missing class supplies! I will be ETERNALLY grateful!

As things go at a TNNA trade show, we got to talking and bonded over our love of needlework and… cooking! (Could you guess?)

Leslie was gracious enough to volunteer to be my Valentine’s Day Guest Chef. ;-)

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Valentine Chocolate Breakfast

We’re over our heads with snow here, on the back side of the Eastern Sierra, generating an outdoor color theme of white and blue. Inside, I index the senses, seeking stimulation of each one for my customers and myself.

Today, for the eyes, the Danforth (lead-free) Pewter heart buttons shine from within a Herrod’s rose soap box. Wandering hands will be rewarded for waiting for yesterday’s mail which delivered Farmhouse (hand-dyed, from American sheep) Yarns. Their thick-and-thin orchids and indigos are almost rubbery with fresh resilience.

Gotta nix the ‘I’m Your Man’ Leonard Cohen CD for music. I had to dash across the room to snuff it yesterday when it hit a naughty section while a lovely young high school girl was winding yarn with her loving mother.

So, that leaves smell and taste. My kitchen serves as ‘home’ in the morning, transforming to ‘hearth’ for customers at 10:00. I lit the woodstove, then turned to toss some cocoa into the waffles–easy enough, and perhaps the fragrance will linger as long as the memory of those toasty brown treats.

Best regards,

Leslie Willoughby
The Green Thread

Adam and Eve Chocolate Valentine Waffles - Ingredients

Your favorite mix for 5-6 waffles.

3+ Tablespoons Fair Trade cocoa–available at your health food store. A love gift to other cultures–we don’t want babies picking our cocoa beans!

One packet dry spiced apple cider mix–for sweetening and Vitamin C

Whipped cream

Apple sauce

Step by Step

1) Mix your waffle batter as you normally would. Then stir in the cocoa and apple cider mix separately, a couple of tablespoons at a time, adjusting for colorway and flavor to your lover’s taste.

2) Place one cocoa crispy waffle on a fancy plate. Spread with apple sauce. Cover with a second waffle. Top with whipped cream and a heart-shaped dusting of cocoa.

3) Serve and Enjoy!

The Green Thread

The Green Thread is a yarn boutique for needle artists who prefer ‘green’ fibers and tools. Sustainable, Homespun, Organic, Humane, Fairly Traded–these products tie our community together while supporting other cultures.

Located at 7,000 feet in the Eastern Sierra, we share ‘home’ with the Sierra Bighorn Sheep as well as domestic sheep, llamas, and alpacas. Whether you walk on over here with your doggies or drive up from southern California, you’ll find yourself welcome in the kitchen for another cup of tea and a few more rows of needlework.

As a new shop, The Green Thread builds inventory based on customer requests. From Rio de la Plata wools of Uruguay to Lantern Moon needles of Vietnam, from BeSweet’s mohair of South Africa to Mono County’s own homespun merino, we welcome the natural products of cottage industries worldwide.

As a small boutique, The Green Thread specializes in personal services such as custom orders and instruction, advanced workshops, repair and finishing. With our feet now steady on the ground (the rocky morraine of the John Muir Wilderness), we ‘anticipate late 2008′ an online market that will open our collection of green fibers and tools to the rest of the world.